Thirty-Day Hospital Readmissions in the Hemodialysis Population: A Problem Well Put, But Half-Solved

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 Oct 6;12(10):1566-1568. doi: 10.2215/CJN.08810817. Epub 2017 Sep 28.

Authors

Magdalene M Assimon^{1

2}, Jennifer E Flythe^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina Kidney Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
² Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and.
³ Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

No abstract available

Keywords: Epidemiology and outcomes; Patient Readmission; hemodialysis; hospitalization; renal dialysis.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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MeSH terms

Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Patient Readmission*
Renal Dialysis*
Retrospective Studies

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